It is nice to make a change. Ours had a stone mantel piece and my husband built the white one to fit right over the stone one. I think it added to the cottage look of our little 1905 home. One of it's owners back in the 1970's built the fireplace. It is beautiful but not the era of the rest of the house :)

I'll be keeping that mantel until the weekend after Thanksgiving. That's when we put up our tree. My sweet husband loves Thanksgiving and Christmas . . . he's still a boy at heart around the holidays :)

It looks wonderful and cozy. I love that picture! and love the wreath.. and love that it is a white mantel... ours is dark brown against the brick, like yours, and I'm inspired to paint it white. It's narrower too, but one day we'll put a wider mantel there for all the decorations and pretties for each season. My mind is spinning... hum.m.m.m. how can I somehow temporarily make our mantel wider?? :-) Have a nice week.... Marilyn

It looks beautiful, Connie. I love Fall and I have not pulled my stuff out yet. I can't believe it- I usually pull my fall stuff out the first of September. Crazy year.Love it all from the shaded sconces to the wreath. xo Diana

What gorgeous rich autumnal colours, Connie, and what a splendid idea to decorate your mantelpiece like that. I sometimes wish we had something like Thanksgiving here in the UK - such a lovely festival! Thank you for your lovely comment and I'm glad you had a good harvest of beetroot - I love them fresh and am really glad they are in season again. I'm glad you like my Zentangles!

Your room is just lovely, I like the picture you have hanging there too, so perfect for thanksgiving! I always love this season and when my home feels like I am outside in all the splendor it just makes me happy :) Have a great weekend!

We don't have an abundance of trees and fall color around here, so using silk leaves and decorations can help bring that beautiful fall color into our homes. I was raised in Indiana and I miss the fall color there. Last weekend we drove through the desert and the fall color there was beautiful, too. The sage and the tumble weeds take on a new color for fall . . . I was so mad at myself for not taking my camera with me.

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Hi, my name is Connie and I’m so pleased that you’ve found my blog. I'm a woman of simple pleasures. Like John Denver, "Sunshine makes me happy!" and other things that make me happy are my husband of 41 years, my lovely daughter and my two delightful granddaughters. I have a passion for life and all things creative. Three years ago we purchased a small country home on an acre of land, which for us is huge. Every day brings with it a new adventure. The fixing up, of our little fixer-upper and the mowing of that huge yard is going to give me the exercise and creative projects that I need to stay forever young. I am enjoying my journey, life is good!

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